Bill of Rights 1-10/Trade Villages

Correlation to State Content Standards

7.4: Students analyze the geographic, political, and economic, religious, and social structures of the sub-Saharan civilizations of Ghana and Mali in Medieval Africa.

7.4.1: Study the Niger River and the relationship of vegetation zones of forest, savannah, and desert to trade in gold, salt, food, and slaves; and the growth of the Ghana and Mali empires.

7.4.5: Describe the importance of written and oral traditions in the transmission of African history and culture.

8.2.6: Enumerate the powers of government set forth in the Constitution and the fundamental liberties ensured by the Bill of Rights.

Expected Student Outcomes (Objective)

Students will be able to:

1. Describe the social role of people in villages in West Africa. (7^th Grade)

2. Describe how trade brought religious and cultural changes to West Africa. (7^th Grade)

3. Identify and Explain the importance of the Bill of Rights in ratifying the Constitution. (8^th Grade).

Common Core Literacy Standard

RH 2: Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of the source distinct from prior knowledge or opinions.

RH 4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including vocabulary specific to domains related to history/social studies.

WHST 4: Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose and audience.

WHST 9. Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis reflection, and research.

Anticipatory Set (15 min.) Daily Journals: Students will read two excerpts from "This Day in History" and identify the 5 W's (who, what, when, where, why).

Direct Instruction (15 min.)

7^th Grade-SDAIE: Close Read/Talk to Text/annotate: Geography and Trade: Teacher will lead students on a close read of the geography and trade of Africa.

8^th Grade-SDAIE: Direct Teach: Bill of Rights: Teacher will explain and clarify amendments 1-10 of the Bill of Rights. Students will write them down on their graphic organizer.

Guided Practice (15 min.)

7^th Grade-SDAIE: TPS: Focus Notes: Teacher will go over the answers to the Focus Notes of Communities and Villages.

8^th Grade-SDAIE: TPS: Bill of Rights Scenarios: Teacher will go over the answers to the scenarios.

Independent Practice (30 min.)

7^th Grade-SDAIE: Focus Notes: Early Communities and Villages: Students will complete their focus notes as they read the section in their book and take down the evidence that will answer the two essential questions guiding their reading. They will then answer an overall essential question.

8^th Grade-SDAIE: QuickWrite: Scenarios: Students will be given a series of scenarios to read over. They will then explain if the scenario is unconstitutional or not by using their Bill of Rights notes that they took. They will also place a picture that deals with their bill of rights notes.

Homework.

EdPuzzle due by Friday at 5 p.m.

Closure (5 min.)

1. Clean up.

2. Exit Question

3. Dismiss Class.